platyrrhine

[plat-i-rahyn, -rin]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Anthropology.��having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
belonging or pertaining to the subdivision of simians that comprises New World monkeys, characterized by noses flatter than those of other simians and with widely separated, side-facing nostrils.

noun

Anthropology.��a platyrrhine hominin.
a platyrrhine animal.

platyrrhine

/ ˈplætɪˌraɪn, ˌplætɪˈrɪnɪən /

adjective

(esp of New World monkeys) having widely separated nostrils opening to the side of the face
(of humans) having an unusually short wide nose

noun

an animal or person with this characteristic

platyrrhine

Of or relating to the New World monkeys, distinguished from the Old World monkeys by a broad nasal septum and widely separated nostrils that generally open to the side.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of platyrrhine¹

First recorded in 1835–45; from New Latin �ʱ��ٲ��ī��ī, plural of ��ٲ��ī�Գܲ�, from Greek ��ٲ��ī��(�ǲ�), “flat nosed, broad nosed,” equivalent to ��ý(��) + -��ī��- “nosed, flat nosed,” adj. derivative of ��ī́��, stem ��ī��- nose, snout; platy-, rhino- ( def. ); catarrhine, haplorhine ( def. ), strepsirrhine ( def. )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of platyrrhine¹

C19: from New Latin platyrrhinus, from _platy- + -rrhinus, from Greek rhis nose

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The skull is dolichocephalic with an average cranial index of 72, prognathous and platyrrhine.

From

"I am not partial to the platyrrhine races."

From

platypus platysma

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